Enron, Borat, and Me

I was impressed to just read about the Enron boss, Jeffrey Skilling, getting 24 years. It's good to see there isn't complete immunity for those at the top who, let's face it, have powerful friends. The main reason for this note however, is that I was most amused by the following quote from Skilling:

"In terms of remorse your honour, I can't imagine more remorse," Skilling told the court before he was sentenced. "That being said your honour, I am innocent of these charges." [The full BBC article is here].

I also came across an article interviewing the victims of Borat (Ali G creator, Sacha Baron Cohen's character from Kazakhstan). They mainly to have taken it pretty well, but I'm most grateful to the article for the link to "Borat's Home page". There's plenty to amuse, in particular the trailer for his upcoming movie and some clips of his work.

Otherwise, life in Oxford is the usual. I'm very busy with teaching, MCR committee work, and occasionally research. The weekends are flying by, but it'll be Christmas soon... :) (BTW each time I post on my blog it gets made a note in my facebook profile, in case you are on the facebook and wondering why I'm writing seemingly random notes.)

Ali